Richard Pile

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Richard Pile
Born1849
Barbados, West Indies
Allegiance United States of America
Service / branch United States Navy
Rank Ordinary Seaman
Unit USS Kansas (1863)
Awards Medal of Honor

Richard Pile (born 1849) was an seaman serving in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.

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Biography

Richard T. Pile was born in 1849 on Barbados and, after emigrating to the United States, he joined the Navy in Boston, Massachusetts on November 26, 1870.

He was stationed aboard the USS Kansas (1863) as an ordinary seaman when, on April 12, 1872, several members of the crew were drowning. For his actions received the Medal of Honor March 20, 1905. [1] [2]

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1849, West Indies. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 176, 9 July 1872.

Citation:

Serving on board the U.S.S. Kansas, Pile displayed great coolness and self-possession at the time Comdr. A. F. Crosman and others were drowned, near Greytown, Nicaragua, 12 April 1872, and by his extraordinary heroism and personal exertion prevented greater loss of [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Interim Awards, 1871-98; Pile, Richard entry". Medal of Honor recipients. United States Army Center of Military History. August 3, 2009. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Kansas". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command . Retrieved October 6, 2010.
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